Budget
CityViews: Alarmist Commentary on City Budget Misjudges Responsible Growth
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‘For some observers the prospect of slower revenue growth means that the City must tighten its belt and reduce its workforce. Hooverism never dies, does it?’
Agenda 2019
UrbaNerd: Who Holds New York City’s Debt?
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New York City certainly knows how much it owes to municipal bondholders—about $37 billion—for lending it the money to build bridges, schools and other important stuff. But it doesn’t know who holds all those IOUs.
GOVERNMENT
Key Decisions Loom for Citywide Effort to Involve Residents in Budget Decisions
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When it comes to participatory budgeting, the work of actually making the city’s democracy more vibrant is just beginning.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Fixing NY’s ‘Dictatorial’ Budget Process is the Reform We Need Most
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‘There’s plenty of things to worry about, ethics included, and a need for action on all of them. But without a reasoned and careful reform of the budget process they will be fodder for headlines and soundbites, and not much more.’
Agenda 2019
CityViews: NYC’s Transit Workers Deserve Help, Not the Hatchet
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‘Instead of trying to eliminate positions, advocates, officials—and pundits writing in the safety of their offices—should join TWU Local 100’s efforts to better protect transit workers.’
Election Watch 2018
We’ve Got Issues: The Candidates for Governor on Education
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Do we need more charter schools? Should public colleges be free? What role should tests play in the lives of students and teachers? On these and other topics, here’s where the gubernatorial candidates stand.
JUSTICE
Low Pay for Public Defenders and Prosecutors Seen as Threat to Justice
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Inadequate salaries for public defenders and junior prosecutors lead to a system staffed by less skilled and experienced attorneys and potentially worse outcomes on both sides.
audit
Max & Murphy: These Two Seek the Unheralded Power of the State Comptroller’s Office
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Mammas, do let your babies grow up to be comptrollers.
Budget
UrbanNerd: As Fiscal ’19 Begins, a Breakdown of Agency Budgets
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Have you made your New (Fiscal) Year resolutions yet?
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: As Mayor & Council Clash Over Fares, CUNY MetroCards Offer a Compromise
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The Council backs a $212 million proposal for half-price MetroCards for poor families. Mayor de Blasio balks at the price-tag. Why not compromise on free transit for low-income community college students?